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Occupational Therapy Assistant

Occupational Therapy Assistant
COTA - In-patient Rehab
Sioux Falls, SD
Permanent
Encompass Health

Encompass Health

As the leader of rehabilitative care, Encompass Health offers both facility-based and home-based patient care through its national network of rehabilitation hospitals, home health agencies, and hospice agencies that spans 42 states and Puerto Rico. Setting the standard for providing excellent care, Encompass Health has earned its place among Modern Healthcare’s “Best Places to Work in Healthcare” and the Fortune “World’s Most Admired Companies” for 2021.

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Occupational Therapy Assistant

Your role as a certified occupational therapy assistant (COTA) lets you be the connection between dedication to detail and patient outcomes that exceed expectations. Use your passion for rehabilitation to ensure that patients receive care that sets the standard as you treat patients with compassion and empathy. Enhance the impact of your abilities with national post-acute care leader Encompass Health.

CERTIFIED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANT (COTA)


Here is your opportunity to channel the full extent of your knowledge, skills, ambition, and experience on a daily basis. Inspire our patients to progress each day as you:

• Provide occupational therapy treatment and patient care according to hospital, state and federal regulations and professional guidelines.

• Perform occupational therapy treatment tasks as delegated and supervised by occupational therapists.

• Maintain open and ongoing communication with hospital departments to ensure that patient, staff and hospital needs are met.

Requirements
Credentials:

• Current state licensure or certification or state practice act, whichever is applicable, required.

• CPR certification preferred, unless otherwise required by hospital policy.

• Successful completion of an associate’s degree from an accredited occupational therapy assistant program preferred.

• Effective communication skills for working with patients, families and caregivers required.

• Demonstrated competency in occupational treatment essential.
Location
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57106
Specialty
In-patient Rehab
Employment Type
Permanent
Employer
Encompass Health